Reading vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on October 26th, 2024

Reading and Bristol Rovers will be playing against each other on Saturday, October 26th, 2024, at 11:30h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Reading vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Reading vs Bristol Rovers will occur

The game will be played in the small Select Car Leasing Stadium stadium, in the city of Reading, with a capacity for 24161 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Reading vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.67 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Reading last match

In the last match played, Reading met Exeter City, in a match valid for the League One. The match ended in a win by 1-2. The coach R. Sellés Salvador's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-3-3 formation.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.90, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

It was certainly not the best Reading performance of the season. However, the exhibition of Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan should be highlighted. He called responsibility in the contest and was a crucial player in the team's victory.

Bristol Rovers last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Bristol Rovers, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Shrewsbury Town team with a final score of 1-0.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 2.15.

Reading vs Bristol Rovers h2h

Bristol Rovers was in 15th place in the League One while Reading was in 17th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Bristol Rovers team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Reading used in the match.

The two teams have not faced each other since 09-04-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023/2024 season of the League One, and the match ended with a 0-2 win for Reading.

The Reading team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Bristol Rovers has been more irregular.

The referee S. Mather has been chosen to officiate the match while D. Harrison and A. Bradley will support him from the sideline.

Reading

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Reading, standing in 7th place with 19 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 6 wins, 4 losses and, 1 draw.

In the 14th round, the team has no advantage against the Barnsley team, which is ranked just below in position 8. It also has the same score that the Exeter City team that is in the 6th place.

Reading analysis

Currently, Reading has a tally of 19 goals scored and 16 goals against, at the end of round 13 of League One.

Reading is not among the teams that kick more often towards the target, with only 4.18 shots on goal per match on average. But it must be said that when it does attack, it does so accurately. Right now it averages 1.73 accomplishments per game, meaning that it has scored a goal on 40 percent of the occasions it has gotten to the shot.

Reading, with a ball possession of 48.27% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Bristol Rovers of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Winning once playing away from home, the team has more positive results playing at home with 5 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.

Best goalscorer from Reading

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Sam Smith is the player to highlight. Helping Reading with 4 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bristol Rovers

League One leaderboard now

Bristol Rovers arrives in this game with 16 points, and in 15th place in the League One, having won 5 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 1 draw.

Bristol Rovers analysis

Bristol Rovers counted 15 goals scored and 19 conceded at the end of League One day number 13.

Best goalscorer from Bristol Rovers

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Scott Sinclair. With 3 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Bristol Rovers team achieving several victories this season.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Reading is Sam Smith, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Bristol Rovers is Scott Sinclair, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Since Bristol Rovers has an average of 1.17 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.15.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.05 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.92 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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